All members are encouraged to attend. In order to vote you must be a member in good standing i.e., have signed the membership book, are 18 years of age or over, and have made an identifiable financial contribution to the support of the congregation during the immediately preceding 12 months.

A light lunch will be served prior to the meeting (suggested donation $5).

There will be a meeting of members of the congregation on Sunday, January 27th, 2013, in Sunderland Hall at 12:15 pm to conduct the following business:

1. Review 2012 financial results (unaudited).

2. Review for approval the proposed Budget for 2013.

3. Review of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Resolution for approval (see the church office or our website for details, or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

4. Review of recommendation that Chris Wulff be approved as Lay Chaplain 5. Review of Minutes of 2012 AGM for approval.

Discussion on congregational input into proposals for action coming to the May CUC meeting, including recommendations from the Active Democracy Study Group, resolutions on climate change, immigration and refugee issues, and opposition to the Enbridge pipe line. Lunch will be available at cost.

This is your opportunity to help make national policy and let our delegation know what you think.

On May 8, the Board passed the following motion, which will be voted on by the congregation at a meeting on Sept. 29: "The Board recommends to the congregation that $200,000 be removed from the Endowment Fund in accordance with the auditor’s recommendation, and that the congregation consider this before a vote at a special meeting before the year end."

In the fall of 2012, the congregation’s auditor recommended re-evaluation of existing funds at First, to ensure donations/bequests were not restricted beyond the terms specified by donors. Subsequently, the Funds Management Committee provided a report to the Board in the spring of 2013, in which a bequest made in 2008 was identified as potentially available for use in ways other than being in the Endowment Fund.

A report from the Building For The Future task force, for updates on our space requirements (including some preliminary plans), the real estate market, and the possibility of partnerships. We will also discuss the decision-making process leading up to the vote in January.

A light lunch will be available (at cost) and childcare will be available.

The Building for the Future Task Force invites you to come to this meeting to explore in depth our options for the future: to rebuild on our present site or to sell and build a new building elsewhere. We will talk about:

Our vision for ourselves as a congregation.

Congregational size and why it matters.

The latest thinking of the Building for the Future Task Force, including an interim financial report.

The retreat is free but we ask you to register after service on November 17 or 24.

A vegetarian lunch will be provided at cost. Child-care is available on request.

Please plan to come. If you can’t stay all day, come for part of the day.

Until next Spring, and an expected congregational vote in April, we will be studying those options.

When you’re at church, check out the diagram in the stairwell to see where we have been and where we are going in our process to discern the right choice.

Annual Meeting of Unitarian Congregations of Greater Toronto at the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, 175 St. Clair Avenue W., Toronto.

This will be a great opportunity to network with UUs from across the GTA, share ideas, and for us to make plans together! As well as the usual business matters on the agenda, we will be exploring ideas on refining UCGT’s terms of mandate, and brainstorming hosting a UCGT-wide public event next spring.

A special meeting of members will be held in Sunderland Hall, 175 St. Clair Avenue West, immediately following the service to vote on the motion to “confirm congregational support for managed growth of the Save a Family From Syria project for up to five applications, each to be undertaken only after adequate funds ($40,000 per family) are raised for the sponsorship and six or more volunteers per family have been secured.”

This meeting is called in accordance with Congregational By-law 2.14 (iii).